ALLEN. ANDERSON. ATKINS BATES
BELL. BERRYHILL. BRADFORD.
CANNELLA.
DELEON DOT. FULLER. GAINES.
GALGIANI GLAZER HERNANDEZ
HERTZBERG HILL. HUESO JACKSON
LADA.
LEYVA.
MCGUIRE MENDOZA. MITCHELL.
MONNING.
MORE LOCKED
MORRELL.
NEWMAN WHEN. NIELSEN PAN.
PORTANTINO ROCK.
SKINNER.
STERN.
STONE.
BUT ACT Y. KATHY WINNER.
WILK.
MEMBERS IS AN ABSENCE OF A
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HAVE YOU MAKE YOUR WAY AS SOON
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ALAN. ANDERSON ATKINS BATES
WELL. BERRYHILL. BRADFORD
CANNELLA DELEON DOT.
FULLER. GAINES.
GALGIANI GLAZER. HERNANDEZ
HERTZBERG HILL. HUESO JACKSON
LADA LEYVA MCGUIRE MENDOZA.
MITCHELL MONNING.
MORE LOCKED.
MORRELL.
NEWMAN NGUYEN NIELSEN PAN.
PORTANTINO ROCK.
SKINNER STERN STONE. BIDAK Y.
COUNTY. WINNER. WILL.
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AND OUR GAS BEYOND THE RAIL AND
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MEN AFTER WHICH PLEASE REMAIN
STANDING. WILL BE LED IN THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
TO THE FLAG BY SENATOR SCOTT
WIENER.
LET US CENTER OURSELVES IN GOD'S
PRESENCE.
WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH DOCTOR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR'S
IMAGE.
OF THE DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE.
WE MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN'S BITING
IMAGE THAT SAYS.
YOU JUST NEED TO BE HAVE FULLY
AGAINST INJUSTICE.
ENOUGH COMMITTED FLEAS BITING
STRATEGICALLY.
CAN MAKE EVAN THE BIGGEST DOG
UNCOMFORTABLE.
AND TRANSFORM EVEN THE BIGGEST
NATION.
SO IN THE COURSE OF TODAY. YOU
MIGHT CONSIDER WHAT IMAGE YOU
WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF.
AND YOUR LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS.
AND SO WE PRAY.
GOD OF JUSTICE AND MERCY.
YOU HAVE MADE TO EACH ONE OF US
UNIQUE AND IN YOUR IMAGE.
YOU HAVE CALLED US WITH OUR
PARTICULAR GIFTS AND TALENTS.
TO BE LEADERS LEGISLATORS AND
LINGUISTS OF JUSTICE.
MAY WE NOT BE DETERRED BY OUR
FEARS.
OR FAILURES OR REGRETS.
RATHER MAYBE TRUST YOUR HAND TO
LEAD US.
YOUR LOVE TO HOLD US CLOSE.
AND YOUR SPIRIT TO BREATHE LIFE
ENERGY AND DETERMINATION. INTO
THE WORK OF OUR DAYS
AMEN.
HE SHOULD APPLY.
JASON.
ZERO HIGHLY.
WE HIT A SLOW. NCROWD.
THANK YOU MEMBERS WERE GONNA
MOVE TO PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.
SENATOR PAM.
AT OUR PRO TEN STATUS.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT
SENATORS.
AFTER THIRTY SEVEN YEARS OF
DEDICATED SERVICE TO FIGHT TO
THE FINE CULINARY INDUSTRY I'D
LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
RECOGNIZE THE BOMB. PERS
RETIREMENT AS GENERAL MANAGER
FROM FRANK FATS FAMILY
RESTAURANT.
HE HAS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS
A PILLAR OF THE SACRAMENTO
COMMUNITY AND IS A
QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN SUCCESS
STORY.
THANKS IN PART LARGE PART TO THE
SUPPORT OF A DEDICATED
UNDERSTAFFED FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
THE NATIVE NORTH VIETNAM'S
YVONNE FLED HIS HOME COUNTRY
WITH SOME HIS FAMILY IN NINETEEN
SEVENTY EIGHT BEFORE SETTLING IN
THE UNITED STATES AS A REFUGEE
IN NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE.
AND AFTER COMPLETING A YEAR
STUDY F. FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL AND
SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE.
IN ORDER TO HELP SUPPORT HIS
FAMILY OF THIRTEEN FEE BEGAN
WORK IF FRANK FATS IN NINETEEN
IN NINETEEN EIGHTY IS A PART
TIME CASHIER.
NO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS
FEE FOR FORM EVERY ROLE WITH
GRACE AND GUSTO RESTING IN THE
FACT THAT FOOD CAN ENERGIZE
TRANSPORT AND BRING PEOPLE. FROM
ALL WALKS OF LIFE TOGETHER.
THE RESULT OF HIS TIRELESS WORK
HARD WORK AND UNWAVERING
COMMITMENT FEE IS COMPILED AN
IMPRESSIVE RECORD OF
ACHIEVEMENTS HAS EARNED RESPECT
OF ALL THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE
WORKED WITH HIM.
HE LEAVES INDELIBLE MARK OF
EXCELLENCE IS LEGACY SO PLEASE
JOIN ME IN WELCOMING FEE VOMIT
HIS WIFE ALONG WITH KEVIN FAT
CHIEF I BRING OFFICER FRANK
THAT'S HIS FAMILY. AND FRIENDS
IN EXTENDING THEIR SINCERE BEST
WISHES BUT REWARDING GRATEFUL
GRACEFUL RETIREMENT THANK YOU
CONGRATULATIONS TO MISTER WRONG
THE TRUE. AMERICAN DREAM.
STORY.
MEMBERS STILL UNDER PRIVILEGES
THE FLOOR SENATOR MITCHELL
.
MISTER PRESIDENT WE CAN JUST
WAIT FOR A MOMENT TO.
.
ALLOWED THE.
.
AMATUS AMAZING ARTIST SINS THAT
I'M ABOUT TO INTRODUCE TO
ASSEMBLY BACK OF THE CHAMBER
THANK YOU.
WONDERFUL THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS PAST
AUGUST.
I HAD OCCASION TO BE IN
SACRAMENTO OVER THE WEEKEND ON A
VERY HOT AUGUST SATURDAY AND I
HAPPEN TO SEE IN FACEBOOK. THAT
THERE WAS A LECTURE AN EXHIBIT
HERE.
AT THE BRICK HOUSE ART GALLERY
OF QUILTERS FROM ACROSS THE
STATE.
I AM THE LEGISLATIVE WITH YOU
ALL BECAUSE I HAVE NO ARTISTIC
BONE IN MY BODY BUT I CERTAINLY.
APPRECIATE IN VALUE THE AMAZING
RICH HISTORY OF QUILTING AS AS
FOLK ART AMERICAN FULL ARE. AND
THE UNIQUE LEGACY IN HISTORY OF
BLACK WOMEN IN QUILTING.
AND I HAD THE BRIGHT IDEA IN
FAKE KENNEDY WHO HAVE KNOWN HERE
FOR MNY YEARS IN SACRAMENTO I
APPROACH TRANSIT FARE WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. TO HAVE
AN EXHIBIT AT OUR STATE CAPITOL
OF SOME OF THESE AMAZING QUILTS
AND SO. IT WAS INSTALLED THIS
MORNING ON THE FIRST FLOOR RIGHT
OUTSIDE THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
SEVEN OR EIGHT OF SOME OF THE
MOST AMAZING. ONE OF A KIND
PIECES OF OUR CALIFORNIA ART
COLLEAGUES THAT YOU WILL EVER
SEE.
HERE WITH US TODAY IN THE REAR
CHAMBER AS ARE SOME OF THE WOMEN
WHO.
.
ARE THE ARTISTS THAT DEVELOP
THOSE AMAZING QUILTS.
ALLISON BEASLEY FROM THE BAY
AREA HER QUILT IS MILES AHEAD TO
QUILT OF FAME TRUMPETER MILES
DAVIS.
MARCIA CARTER QUILTED PRESERVER
OF CALIFORNIA AFTER AMERICAN PIE
IN YOUR HISTORY.
TRISH WAY EQUAL TO CAPTURED
AFRICA ABUSE IN AMERICA.
JOHNNY JARON QUILTED BATIK
SISTERS.
FREDDIE A FLOGGER WALKER AND
DEBORAH JOYNER TOGETHER QUILTED
AFRICAN PIECES.
BY NICK A MARSHALL QUILTED
SISTERS UNDER THE SKIN.
AND A QUARTER WHO IS NOT WITH US
THE WORLD ONE QUARTER FROM THE
LA BLACKWELL JEWS GUILD IS ALSO
THE ONLY MALE QUILTER IN THE
EXHIBIT TODAY IS THEM AS RAMSES.
AND HIS QUILT IS ENTITLED ROSA
PARKS.
THE ORGANIZATIONS THEY REPRESENT
OF THE SISTERS QUILTING
COLLECTIVE THE ACT AMERICAN
HERITAGE LEGACY AGAIN BRICK
HOUSE ART GALLERY HERE IN
SACRAMENTO. THE EXHIBIT WILL BE
ON DISPLAY TODAY FOR THE SIXTEEN.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
THESE CALIFORNIA ARTISANS TO THE
CALIFORNIA SENATE FLOOR.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME TO AMAZING ARTISTS
WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA STATE
SENATE.
MEMBERS OF THEIR ADDITIONAL
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.
SEEING THE MAN. WE'RE GONNA MOVE
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MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY WILL
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COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS ADOPTED.
MOTIONS RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
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I FULLER.
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HERTZBERG AYE HILL.
HUESO.
BY JACKSON.
LADA. AYE LEYVA.
I AM ACQUIRE.
I MENDOZA.
MITCHELL.
MONNING.
BY MORE LOCK.
I'M A REAL.
NEWMAN.
I NGUYEN.
NO SON.
PAN.
PORTANTINO.
BY ROSS. BY SKINNER.
I STERN. AYE STONE. BY BIDAK.
I WIECKOWSKI.
I WINNER. AYE WILK.
I.
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SENATOR MCGUIRE. SECRETARY
PLEASE READ.
SENATE RESOLUTION SEVENTY THREE
BY SENATOR MCGUIRE RELATIVE TO A
NEW FIVE YEAR NATIONAL OFFSHORE
OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM FOR
THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.
THANK YOU SENATE MCGUIRE.
GOOD AFTERNOON MISS PRESIDENT
OPIATE ONE FOR WE CAN COLLEAGUES
CALIFORNIA'S COAST IS TRULY A
WORLD WONDER.
TENS OF MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.
TAKING ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF
CALIFORNIA'S COAST EVERY YEAR.
BETTER CALL SAUL ECONOMY IS
WORTH AN ESTIMATED FORTY FOUR
BILLION DOLLARS.
FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S
MAJESTIC REDWOODS AND ROCKY
SHORES THE SEVEN CALIFORNIA'S
ICONIC PALM TREES IN WARM SANDY
BEACHES THE COAST IS PART OF
CALIFORNIA'S IDENTITY. AND WE'VE
SPENT TENS OF BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO PROTECT.
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR ZINC YOU
NOUNS PLANS ON JANUARY FOURTH
PORN INGRESSIVE PROGRAM THAT
WOULD OPEN UP NEARLY THE ENTIRE
WEST COAST THE NEW OIL AND GAS
LEASES PURSUANT TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER. THAT
WAS ISSUED APRIL OF LAST YEAR.
AND NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT
PROVIDES ALMOST FORTY MILLION
CALIFORNIANS ONE MEASLY ONE
MEASLY SINGLE PUBLIC MEETING TO
SHARE THEIR STRONG OPPOSITION TO
THE CURRENT PLAN.
CANDIDLY IT IS A TOTAL SHAM.
AND I SAY STRONG OPPOSITION WITH
DATA TO BACK IT UP.
A RECENT POLL FOUND NINETY
PERCENT OF CALIFORNIANS BELIEVE
THAT PROTECTING THE COASTLINE IS
AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY. ANY TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SURVEY FOUND
SUPPORT FOR OFFSHORE OIL
DRILLING HERE IN THE GOLDEN
STATE AT AN ALL TIME LOW OF
TWENTY FIVE PERCENT.
MR PRESIDENT I'M HONORED TO JOIN
WITH MANY SENATORS IN THIS GREAT
CHAMBER TO INTRODUCE THIS
RESOLUTION.
LIKE MANY HERE TODAY A CLEAN
COAST IS A TOP PRIORITY.
I'M HONORED TO BE REPRESENT
ALMOST FORTY PERCENT OF THE
STATE'S COASTLINE FROM THE
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AT THE ORGAN
BORDER.
THE OCEAN IS PART OF OUR LIFE
AND LIVELIHOOD ON THE NORTH
COAST.
AND AS CHAIR OF THE JOINT
COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AND
AQUACULTURE. I KNOW IN MANY OF
THE OF THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM
NOW AN OIL SPILL WOULD HAVE A
DEVASTATING IMPACT. ON OCEAN
FISHERIES AND A COASTAL
DEPENDENT ECONOMIES.
CALIFORNIA'S COOL SO COMMERCIAL
FISHING INDUSTRY IS VALUED AT
OVER SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS
ANNUALLY.
TOURISM IS WORTH TEN BILLION AND
IT IS THE LIFE BLOOD OF RURAL
COASTAL CALIFORNIA.
OPPOSING NEW OFFSHORE DRILLING
IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE A
PARTISAN ISSUE. REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS A LIKE
ALONG WITH MANY IN COASTAL STATE
LEGISLATURES ARE OPPOSED TO THE
EXPANSION OF NEW COASTAL OIL
DRILLING LEASES.
SENATE RESOLUTION SEVENTY THREE
WHICH IS IN FRONT OF US TODAY
PUTS A CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
FIRMLY ON RECORD WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF TO REAR. WITHIN
THEIR CURRENT COMMENT PERIOD AS
OPPOSED TO ANY NEW DRILLING OFF
THE CALIFORNIA COAST
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU MEMBERS TO BETTER
DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
DEBATER DISCUSSION.
CENTER MONEY.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT. I
STAND IN SUPPORT OF OF SR
SEVENTY THREE. REPRESENTING A
COASTAL DISTRICT BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY.
AS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE IN
THIS NATION ON THIS PLANET.
A THE PROPOSAL TO EXTEND THE
LEASING FEDERAL WATERS
FOR.
FLORA XIN AND EXPLOITATION OF
FOSSIL FUEL.
IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
WE KNOW THAT OFFSHORE DRILLING
IS DIRTY.
IT'S DANGEROUS.
AND IT'S UNNECESSARY.
WE'VE CREATED FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND JOBS IN CALIFORNIA AND
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
WE'RE CREATING MORE JOBS IN
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
THE OCEAN RESOURCE THAT'S BEING
LOOKED AT NOW AND WHERE VENTURE
CAPITALISTS ARE INVESTING IS
WIND ENERGY.
SAFE.
YOU'RE CLEAN WIND ENERGY.
THE DIRTY PART OF THIS EQUATION.
WE DON'T SPECULATE OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF DISASTER WE JUST
NEED TO LOOK AT HISTORY'S
LESSONS.
FROM SANTA BARBARA TALE RIFFLE
HE ON THE LAST FEW YEARS WHICH
I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUE WILL
ADDRESS WHO REPRESENTS THAT
DISTRICT.
TO THE DEEP
HORIZON.
OIL SPILL IN THE GULF.
FRIENDS THE COST OF THAT OIL
EXPLORATION.
WHICH SIXTY TWO BILLION DOLLARS
CLEAN UP LOST JOBS LOST
BUSINESSES LOST SPECIES
SIXTY TWO BILLION DOLLARS.
OF THAT SIXTY TWO BILLION.
BRITISH PETROLEUM PAID EIGHTEEN
BILLION IN CLEAN UP.
AND TWENTY BILLION IN FINES.
FOR A TOTAL OF THIRTY EIGHT
BILLION.
AND THAT LEAVES TWENTY FOUR
BILLION ACCORDING TO MY MATH
THAT WAS NOT COVERED BY BP. ITS
SHAREHOLDERS.
AND WE WERE LEFT HOLDING THE BAG.
UP FRIENDS IT IS TIME TO MOVE
FORWARD THE NEXUS OF FOSSIL FUEL
AND CARBON EMISSIONS TO OUR
CURRENT CLIMATE CRISIS.
NINETY NINE PERCENT OF
SCIENTISTS ON THIS PLANET FROM
ALL NATIONS AGREE.
THAT OUR BIGGEST ENEMY RIGHT NOW.
IS CLIMATE CHANGE THAT IS
WINNING A BATTLE AGAINST
HUMANKIND'S ABILITY TO REDUCE
OUR CARBON EMISSIONS.
THIS PROPOSAL.
OF THE ADMINISTRATION TAKES US
IN EXACTLY THE WRONG DIRECTION.
S. R. SEVENTY THREE.
PUTS AN ALERT TO OUR
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND TO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE
IS CALIFORNIANS ALONG WITH THE
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA.
DON'T THINK THIS IS GOOD FOR OUR
BEACHES FOR TOURISM INDUSTRY AND
FOR THE FUTURE OUR PLANET I URGE
A YES VOTE.
THANK YOU SENATOR JACKSON'S.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT AND
COLLEAGUES I RISE IN SUPPORT OF
THE. RESOLUTION BY MY GOOD
FRIEND FROM HEALDSBURG WHICH I
JUST ALSO NOTED WAS LISTED AS
ONE OF THE. FINEST SMALL CITIES
IN AMERICA.
ANDA APPRECIATE A HIS BRINGING
THIS FORWARD I DO WANT TO
CORRECT ONE.
STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE OF THAT
THIS RESOLUTION WOULD MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT CALIFORNIA IS FIRMLY
ON RECORD.
OPPOSING THIS OFFSHORE OIL
DRILLING WE'VE BEEN MAKING THIS
STATEMENT FOR AT LEAST THE LAST
SEVERAL DECADES.
THAT THE STATE IS FIRMLY ON
RECORD IN OPPOSITION TO
EXPANDING OIL DRILLING OFF OF
OUR COAST AND AS THE SENATOR
REPRESENTING GROUND ZERO IN THIS
BATTLE OVER THE COURSE OF THE
LAST FIVE DECADES OR SO. I STAND
TO. RE ITERATE.
AND. ASSURE ALL OF CALIFORNIANS
THAT WAS MENTIONED NINETY
PERCENT OF THE STATE IS OPPOSED
TO OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING
EXTENDING THAT OFFSHORE OIL
DRILLING. THAT.
STARTING BACK IN NINETEEN SIXTY.
WELL THE NINETEEN SIXTIES
I'M GETTING SO ALL I CAN
REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE. BUT
THERE WAS AN OIL SPILL.
THERE CREATED THAT SORT OF OR
ADVANCED THE MOVEMENT OF THE
MODERN. ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND THE REALITY IS THAT OVER THE
COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL
DECADES AND WAS JUST MENTION MY
MY GOOD COLLEAGUE FROM THE
MONTEREY AREA.
AND SANTA CRUZ AREA.
THAT OIL HAS HAD A TERRIBLE.
TERRIBLE SAFETY IN TRACK RECORD
NOT ONLY IN CALIFORNIA BUT AS
WAS MENTIONED THE SIXTY PLUS
BILLION DOLLARS. IT COSTS THIS
COUNTRY AND THE IRREVOCABLE
DAMAGE THAT IT IS CREATED NOW.
WE BASICALLY DO NOT WANT TO SEE
NEW OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING OFF OF
OUR FEDERAL WATERS NOR DO WE
WANT TO SEE IT EXPANDED. OFF OF
OUR STATE WATERS BUT DESPITE THE
UNMISTAKABLE MESSAGE THAT THIS
LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN MAKING FOR
DECADES.
THIS ADMINISTRATION THIS
PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION.
CONTINUES.
TO INSIST ON RECKLESS AND HIGHLY
UNPOPULAR ACTION NATIONWIDE.
INDEED.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH.
BECAUSE WHENEVER WE GET UP AND
SPEAK ABOUT THE LACK OF ANY KIND
OF COMPASS OR VALUES THAT WE ARE
SEEING OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE
TODAY WERE ACCUSED OF BEING
PARTITION.
IN THIS INSTANCE STATES THAT
THERE ARE LED BY BOTH PARTIES.
AS POLITICALLY IS DISPARITIES.
AS CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA
WASHINGTON IN SOUTH CAROLINA
HAVE FOUND COMMON GROUND IN
OPPOSING THIS ACTION.
MY COLLEAGUES MY FELLOW
COLLEAGUES MY BROTHERS AND
SISTERS HERE I DON'T NEED TO
REMIND YOU OF THE CATASTROPHIC
RISK.
THAT THIS DRILLING HAS CREATED
IN OUR STATE'S ECONOMY AND
ENVIRONMENT THEN JUST A COUPLE
YEARS AGO RIGHT OFF THE COAST OF
MY DISTRICT YET AGAIN.
THROUGH THE NEGLIGENCE IN THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY OF OIL DRILLING
COMPANIES AND ONE IN PARTICULAR
FROM HOUSTON TEXAS.
MILLIONS IF NOT BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF DAMAGE TOOK PLACE NOT
ONLY TO OUR MARINE LIFE NOT ONLY
TO OUR COAST BUT TO OUR ECONOMY.
SOMETHING WHICH WE HEAR
FREQUENTLY AND RIGHTLY SO.
FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
THE IMPORTANCE OF JOBS THE
IMPORTANCE OF CLEAN WATER THE
IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING THE
NATURAL BEAUTY THE GOD GIVEN
BEAUTY. THAT THIS CAST
REPRESENTS FROM SAN DIEGO UP TO
THE NORTH COAST.
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE REAL
IMPACTS OF COASTAL ECONOMY FROM
OFF SHORE OIL SPILLS. AND THE
PLACEMENT OF NEW AN UNSIGHTLY
OIL AND GAS INFRASTRUCTURE AFTER
ALL IS A DEVELOPER.
HE WOULD HARDLY STAND FOR AN OIL
SPILL LAPPING THE SHORES OF MARA
LOT GOAL IN FLORIDA. ORIN
CLUTCHING THE CLIFFSIDE GOLF
COURSE HERE. THAT HE OWNS IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND WHY SHOULD THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA ALLOW. THE SAME
INDIVIDUAL TO IMPERIL OUR
TREASURE COAST.
SOMETHING WE REVERE AND WORK
VERY HARD TO PROTECT.
THIS ADMINISTRATION AS WAS
MENTIONED HOLDING A SINGLE
HEARING.
ARE ON THURSDAY AND IF I'M NOT
MISTAKEN NOT EVEN A HEARING BUT
ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE ARROGANCE THE INSENSITIVITY
THE TONE DEAFNESS TO THE PEOPLE
OF THIS STATE IS QUITE SHOCKING.
I URGE ALL CALIFORNIANS
THE FILE PROTESTS TO THIS ACTION.
I HAD TO REGULATIONS DOT GOV AS
WELL IS TO REMIND EACH AND
EVERYONE OF THEIR ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
THAT THEY ARE DEEPLY OPPOSED TO
THIS UNILATERALLY AGGRESSIVE AND
INDEED NNECESSARY ACT AS WAS
MENTIONED WE ARE DOING MORE TO
ADVANCE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE
FOSSIL FREE. AND IS AN AREA THAT
IS CHILD SUFFERED ALONG WITH MY
BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND THROUGHOUT THE
STATE THE SEVERE IMPACTS OF
THESE MAJOR CLIMATE THE VANCE.
IT IS TIME THAT WE TURN THE PAGE
INTO CLEAN TECHNOLOGY AND STOP
GOING BACK TO THE KINDS OF
EFFORTS THAT NOT ONLY ARE
DESTROYING OUR PLANET. BUT
DESTROYING OUR COMMUNITIES AS
WELL WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FEAR AYE VOTE THANK YOU
SENATOR ANDERSON.
MEMBERS ARE. HARRIS IN
OPPOSITION I LIKE FISH.
I DON'T LIKE OIL SPILLS.
I LIKE AFFORDABLE GAS PRICES.
AND I DON'T LIKE TO PUNISH
CALIFORNIA FAMILIES.
I LIKE A BALANCED APPROACH TO
ENERGY THAT USES TECHNOLOGY AND
HIGH SAFETY STANDARDS ORIGINAL
VOTE.
MEMBERS INITIAL DEBATER
DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
SEEING NONE TO REQUIRE WHICH ARE
TO CLOSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AS PRESIDENT.
I WANTED MOMENT SAY THANK YOU TO
THE SENATOR FROM MONTEREY.
AS WELL SANTA BARBARA FOR THE
WORDS AND FOR THE HARD WORK OVER
THESE PAST MANY YEARS.
I THINK IN THESE DAYS IT IS VERY
DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE AN
ISSUE THAT COULD BE AS
CONTROVERSIAL AS OFFSHORE OIL
DRILLING AND NOT TAKE IT WITH
THE LANES THROUGH PARTISAN ICE.
BUT IF WE TAKE A LOOK ACROSS
THIS NATION.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO COME TOGETHER.
TO OPPOSE THIS ISSUE.
SOUTH CAROLINA BUT MASTER.
GOVERNOR MCMASTER REPUBLICAN
OPPOSES THE PLAN.
TO HIM SHE GOVERNOR SUNUNU
REPUBLICAN OPPOSES THE PLAN.
MARYLAND GOVERNOR HOGAN.
GOVERNOR MASSACHUSETTS CHARLIE
BAKER.
AS WELL AS REPUBLIC GOVERNOR
FLORIDA RICK SCOTT.
ALL OPPOSE THE PLAN.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN
CALIFORNIA?
IS TO BE ABLE TO GO ON OFFICIAL
RECORD AS OPPOSED TO ANY NEW
OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASES.
FIVE MILES OFF HER BEACHES IN
FEDERAL WATERS OFF OF OUR COAST.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
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THROUGH TYPICAL.
ALLEN.
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SIMILAR MUSICAL.
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SENATE CANNELLA WHO STARTS GOING
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING WE HAVE
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SADDAM SECRETARY PLEASE READ.
ASSEMBLY BILL TWELVE SEVENTY BY
ASSUMING MEMBER GALLAGHER AND
THAT CLEAN WATER AND CLEAN
THERE'S THREATS TO GIVE A
COMMUNITY CENTER NIELSEN. IS
PRESENT LEAD IS DOWN THE SENATE.
A YEAR AGO AT THIS TIME. IT WAS
A MAJOR FAILURE OF THE SPILLWAY.
AT THE OROVILLE DAM.
FIRST.
OPENED IN NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT.
SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS HAVE.
BUT FEDERAL ENERGY. REGULATORY
AUTHORITY.
AND A SPECIAL.
COMMITTEE.
IN PANEL TO REVIEW THE ENTIRETY
OF THE HISTORY.
DISCLOSED THAT THERE WERE
DEFICIENCIES.
SOME THAT HAD BEEN NOTED OVER
THE YEARS.
MANY HAD NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.
AND MANY CONTRIBUTED.
THE PROBLEM THAT WE ALL FACE.
WE CANNOT AFFORD. SUCH AN
AVOIDABLE DISASTER IN CALIFORNIA.
THERE ARE MANY DAMS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE.
ORVILLE IS THE ONLY STATE DOWN
FASTER IS A FEDERAL DAM AND
THEIR MANY OTHERS OWNED BY OTHER.
PARTY'S.
AND ENTITIES.
THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THEIR OWN INSPECTION COST IN THE
REPAIR COST. THE STATE WOULD
OBVIOUSLY BE FOR. OROVILLE.
ASSEMBLYMAN GALLAGHER AND I HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF WATER RESOURCES.
THEN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
THE COMING UP COME UP WITH SOME
NEW PROTOCOLS.
GREATER THOROUGHNESS.
THEN FREQUENCY OF INSPECTION.
INCLUDING.
NOT LESS THAN. EVERY OTHER YEAR.
AND FOR HIGHER RISK DAMS.
EVERY YEAR.
ALSO I HIGHER VIGILANCE
IN THE THOROUGHNESS OF THOSE
INSPECTIONS.
WHICH WERE VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THAT'S ALSO BEEN POINTED OUT
BY THE FORENSIC.
INVESTIGATION TEAM.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD GET
THE CALIFORNIANS.
BACK ON TRACK KEEPING.
IN TOUCH
WITH WHAT MIGHT BE GOING ON WITH
THEIR DAMAGE.
THERE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS LONG
BEEN NEGLECTED.
AS LONG AS THERE HAD NOT BEEN A
PROBLEM.
WE FORGET ABOUT IT.
BUT ALL THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IS
ONE PROBLEM.
AND I WOULD REMIND YOU ON THAT
OCCASION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
EIGHT THOUSAND PEOPLE.
HAD TO BE EVACUATED.
NOTS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE
GREATEST ONES.
ASSEMBLY MAY GALLAGHER NOT
HAVING LOOKED VERY THOROUGHLY
INTO THE DAM INSPECTION
PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS IN
PREGNANCY AND CALIFORNIA.
WE AS A FORENSIC GROUP HAS FOUND
IT IS WANTING.
THIS.
WILL IMPROVE.
AND I UNDERSTAND WE ARE WORKING
WITH THOSE PARTIES.
THE ADMINISTRATION.
THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER
RESOURCES.
AND OTHER INDIVIDUAL. IDENTITIES
OUT THERE DO HAVING CONTROL DAMS.
TO ENSURE. THAT WE DO DO BETTER.
FOR OUR FUTURE.
I'LL ASK YOUR AYE VOTE.
MEMBERS A BETTER DISCUSSION ON
THIS ITEM.
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SERIOUS AND PUT OF THIS IS ITEM
ON CALL.
MEMBERS WE'RE GONNA TEMPORARY
SKIPPED A SPECIAL CONSENT
COUNTER WHEN I MOVED TO.
RETURN TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS.
TO GET ARE A JOINT AND MEMORIES.
SENATOR WIENER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AYE MR
PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES I I RISE TODAY.
TO ASK.
WITH MUCH SADNESS THAT WE
ADJOURNED IN MEMORY.
OF SAN FOR DILLER.
WHO WAS?
RESIDENT.
AT ITS DEATH OF WOODSIDE CENTER
HILLS DISTRICT.
AND WHO WAS I JUST A GREAT
LEADER HE AD HIS FAMILY.
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
ASSEMBLY WAS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN
AS THE FOUNDER PROMETHEUS REAL
ESTATE GROUP. AYE WHICH
PIONEERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF
APARTMENTS.
THAT ABANDONED THE OLDER ON
MORE UTILITARIAN ASIDE I CAN
INSTEAD CONTAINS A MUCH MORE
FORWARD LOOKING DESIGN. ON A
STATIC.
BOB PROMETHEUS TO ULTIMATELY
GREW TO BECOME ONE OF THE
LARGEST APARTMENT DEVELOPING
COMPANIES IN THE WEST COAST.
WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON
SILICON VALLEY SEATTLE AND
PORTLAND'S MARKETS.
I HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS EAGERNESS
TO MENTOR YOUNG EMPLOYEES
ON MANY OF WHOM WENT ON TO
BECOME INDUSTRY LEADERS.
THEMSELVES.
I'M ALONG WITH HIS BELOVED WIFE
HELEN WHO PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO.
HE FOUND THAT.
THE HELEN DILLER TIMELY
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER AND
HELEN DILLER FAMILY CANCER
BUILDING AT UCSF MISSION BAG AND
SAN FRANCISCO.
ARE YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
YOU SEE US AFTER THE REST OF HIS
LIFE.
ARE WORKING TO ENSURE. THE BEST
ACCESS OUGHT TO WORLD CLASS
HEALTH CARE OP FOR ALL PEOPLE.
I HIS PHILANTHROPIC WORK ALONG
WITH HELEN EXTENDED TO MAJOR
SUPPORT FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO
MUSEUM OF MODERN ARE.
NOT THE DE YOUNG MUSEUM.
AS WELL AS.
A NUMBER OF PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS
AROUND THE CITY.
THAT WERE REBUILT OF WITH OUR
SUPPORT ALL OFF IN ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT SUPPORT OFF FROM THE
DEALERS.
I AS A CHILD OF.
A TIMELY A JEWISH TIMELY BETH
LED.
* EURO EUROPE. AYE HE WAS
ACUTELY AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE
OF DEMOCRATIC VALUES.
AND A FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM AND
ALL OF ITS FORMS.
HE WAS A LIFELONG SUPPORTER OF
JEWISH ARTS AND CULTURE. I IN
CALIFORNIA AYE IN ISRAEL AND
BEYONCE.
INCLUDING MAJOR SUPPORT FOR THE
CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
I HAVE SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER.
JACQUI SEVERE.
WHO IS A FRIEND OF MINE AND HIS
SON IN LAW AND ALSO MY FRIEND
IDEA AND SEVERE?
AND.
THEIR CHILDREN.
AS WELL.
PLEASE JOIN ME COLLEAGUES IN
ADJOURNING TODAY IN MEMORY OF
THIS GREAT LEADER.
THANK YOU CENTER WINNER PLEASE
BRING HIS NAME FORWARD TO THE ME
PROPERLY MEMORIALIZE HIM.
SENATE.
SENATE ALLEN.
THANK YOU MEMBERS I'D TODAY I
RISE WITH A HEAVY HEART TO
ADJOURN IN MEMORY.
TO HONOR THE BELOVED MANHATTAN
BEACH AUTOMATONS LESTER
SILVERMAN WHO.
PASSED AWAY. UNEXPECTEDLY AND
TRAGICALLY AT THE AGE OF SIXTY
FOUR AFTER HAVING GOTTEN CAUGHT
UP IN A RECURRING.
WHILE VACATIONING IN THE
CARRIBEAN.
HE GRADUATE FROM STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IN
NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE IN THE UC
BERKELEY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY
NINETEEN EIGHTY EIGHT.
LOOK OPTOMETRY WAS HIS OFFICE
WAS RIGHT. INSIDE THE MATLOCK'S
PLAZA IN THE HEART OF MANHATTAN
BEACH AND.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY VISITORS
SHOP SEVERAL TIMES TO GET TO
KNOW HIM.
I WAS I HAD A DEEP DEVOTION TO
HIS PATIENTS AND TO THE
COMMUNITY HE GRADUATED FROM
LEADERSHIP MANHATTAN BEACH AND
WENT ON TO SERVE.
ON THE CITY'S PARKING IN A
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS COMMISSION
ALSO ITS LIBRARY COMMISSION.
HE RAN FOR THE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD TWO THOUSAND
SEVEN HE WAS ACTIVE. IN THE PTA
DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN BEACH
BUSINESS A PROFESSION
ASSOCIATION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
MAN BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION
AND ALSO HIS WIFE'S NONPROFIT
THE FOUNDATION OF LOCAL ARTS.
MARK LIPS A CLOSE FRIEND OF LESS
REASON PRESIDENT IS AT MANHATTAN
BEACH CHAMBER COMMERCE. I TOLD
ME THIS HE WAS INSPIRING IN THE
SENSE THAT HE WENT BACK TO
SCHOOL LATER IN LIFE BECOMING A
DOCTOR OPTOMETRY STARTED
BUSINESS.
BECAME A SUCCESS HE'S A GREAT
GUY.
LESTER IS PROUD OF HIS JEWISH
HERITAGE AND GOT MARK INTERESTED
IN HIS TO JEDIISM.
THE TWO EVEN CLIMB OUT WE NEED
TOGETHER JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
THE COURT ANOTHER FRIEND OF
LESTER'S HE WAS ALWAYS ABOUT
FAMILY IN ADVENTURE.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE
ANGELES TWO CHILDREN SO FEW AN
AGING.
AND I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN HIS
MEMORY LESTER SILVERMAN WILL BE
REMEMBERED AS A LOVING FATHER
PUBLIC SERVANT.
A SKILLED OPTOMETRIST AND A
LOYAL FRIEND THANK YOU
THANK YOU SENATOR ARLEN PLEASE
BRING MISTER SILVERMAN SEEMS TO
THE TEST WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING MY
LIFE.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER AMATEUR MEMORY.
AND YOU IDEA.
.
IN THIS IS SOMEONE WHO.
FOLKS MAY KNOW I FOR HER
PROMISE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
RAMANA COSTS ABOUT WINDOWS.
AND SHE PASSED AWAY IN REDONDO
BEACH LAST MONTH AT THE AGE OF
NINETY TWO SURROUNDED BY FAMILY
SHE LIVED IN INCREDIBLY
INSPIRATIONAL LIFE ONE OF A
GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS
APPOINTMENT TO THE US. TREASURE
POSITION NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE BY
PRESIDENT NIXON.
HE HELD THE POSITION OF THIRTY
FOURTH TREASURE OF UNITED STATES
FROM NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE
NINETEEN SEVENTY FOUR.
AND.
WAS THE FIRST NEXT AMERICAN TO
SERVE IN OPPOSITION TO IS BORN
IN THE SMALL MINING TOWN OF
MIAMI ARIZONA. IN NINETEEN
TWENTY FIVE TO IMMIGRANT PARENTS.
AND LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS SHE
WAS FORCED TO LEAVE UNITED
STATES DURING THE GREAT
DEPRESSION WHEN THE. GOVERNMENT
ORDERED THE MASS REPATRIATION OF
MEXICANS AND MEXICAN AMERICANS.
AT FIFTEEN SHE MARRIED AND BY
EIGHTEEN SHE HAD TWO SONS.
HIS LATER DIVORCE AND AS A
SINGLE MOTHER SHE MOVED TO LOS
ANGELES AND.
WORKED AS A WAITRESS MATTER
SECOND HAS BEEN THERE ALLEN
HONDA.
SHE TAUGHT HERSELF ENGLISH BY
READING COMICS BOOKS.
AND WITH FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN
SAVINGS SHE WENT TO INVEST IN A
TORTILLA BUSINESS.
WHEN A GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN
SEEKING TO ESTABLISH A BANK
APPROACH HER HUSBAND HE DIRECTED
THEM TO HIS WIFE.
YOU'RE MY WIFE HE WOULD TELL THE
HAS AN AMENDMENT WAS SAID ONCE
YOU MAY MEET OUR YOU'LL FORGET I
EVER EXISTED.
THE COMPANY SHE FOUNDED WAS SOLD
HER GRANDSON NOW EARNS ABOUT
THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
ANNUALLY.
THE BANK HELPED MANY MEXICAN
AMERICANS START BUSINESSES BY
HOMES CREATE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN
THE LOS ANGELES AREA.
THE SAVVY BUSINESS DOCUMENT AND
DEDICATION HER COMMUNITY LED.
PRESIDENT NIXON TO PLANNERS
TREASURE IN NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE
TO THE FIRST LATINA TO HOLD
OPPOSITION THE HIGHEST RANKING.
MEXICAN AMERICAN APPOINTING THE
NIXON ADMINISTRATION A REAL
PIONEER.
AND SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER
DAUGHTER HER SON TWELVE
GRANDCHILDREN.
AND I ASKED WE DURING HER
MEMBERS SHALL BE REMEMBERED AS A
TRULY REMARKABLE PERSON A
TRAILBLAZER. FOR WOMEN AND
MEXICAN AMERICANS ALIKE.
THANK YOU SENATOR I AM PLEASED
MEANINGFUL WORK SO THAT WE MAY
PROPERLY MEMORIALIZE HER CENTER
FULLER.
PRESIDENT MEMBERS TODAY I RISE
TO JOIN IN MEMORY OF A FRIEND
AND POLITICAL MENTOR MARK
ABERNATHY.
MARK PASSED AWAY SATURDAY NIGHT.
IN BAKERSFIELD A WEEK AGO AFTER
A SHORT. ILLNESS.
MARK WAS A PROLIFIC POLITICAL
CONSULTANT TO RAN OVER THREE
HUNDRED RACES WITH AN
UNBELIEVABLE SUCCESS RATE.
INCLUDING THE CAMPAIGNS OF
FORMER CONGRESSMAN BILL THOMAS
MY MENTOR AND FORMER POLITICAL
SCIENCE TEACHER A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.
KEVIN MCCARTHY.
AND WHILE.
HE WAS BORN IN ILLINOIS' IN
NINETEEN FORTY TWO AND GREW UP
ON A FAMILY FARM.
PART GRADUATING WITH A DEGREE IN
AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY FROM
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY. NOT
SURPRISING THAT HE WOULD MOVE TO
BAKERSFIELD AN AREA OF.
LARGE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.
HE SERVED AS A CAPTAIN IN THE
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FROM
NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT TO NINETEEN
SEVENTY TWO.
HE WAS STATIONED IN THAILAND
DURING THE WAR AS ELECTRONIC
WARFARE OFFICER.
AFTER THE WAR WHILE STATIONED IN
SACRAMENTO AT MCCLELLAN AIRFORCE
BASE MARK STARTED HIS CAREER IN
POLITICS.
THIS FARM BOY BEGAN A SUCCESSFUL
COUNTY CAMPAIGNS.
AND HE WAS THE CHAIR OF THE
FAIRLY YOUNG REPUBLICANS CLUB
WHERE HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE
MANY OF YOU KNOW.
KATHY SUASION WHO HERSELF WORKED
HERE IN THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE MANY YEARS AGO.
SHE IS MOST PROUD OF HER ROLE AT
THAT TIME AS AND NIXON AT. WHEN
THEY MET.
MARKET CAP THEY MARRIED IN
NINETEEN EIGHTY ONE LIVED BAKER
SPELLED AND HE BEGAN.
PACIFIC WESTERN WESTERN PACIFIC
RESEARCH.
MARC ENJOYED MENTORING YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO WORKED AS PART OF HIS
OPERATION.
AND TEACHING THEM ABOUT THE
FOUNDATIONS OF OUR NATION.
AMONG THE THING THAT HE WAS MOST
PROUD OF THAT HE POINTED OUT TO
ALL OF US AS WE WALK THROUGH
RESTORE. SEEKING ADVICE.
WAS THAT HE WORKED ALONG WITH
TED COSTA.
AND HELPS WITH THE RECALL OF
GOVERNOR GRAY DAVIS.
HIS WORK ALONGSIDE HIS WIFE WAS
WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
AS A RESULT OF THAT.
IN ADDITION HE LEAVES HIS WIFE
AND OLDEST DAUGHTER.
AND I WHO WILL BE GETTING
MARRIED IN APRIL AND THE YOUNGER
DAUGHTER MADELINE.
WHO HE ADOPTED FROM?
MOSCOW RUSSIA.
AT A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY WAS
TORN APART BY WAR.
MARK WAS A MAN WHO ALWAYS PUT
HIS WORDS INTO ACTION.
HE WAS A LOVING FATHER AND
HUSBAND AND A POLITICAL GENIUS
WHOSE IMPACT WILL BE FELT FOR
YEARS TO COME.
RUSSELL AND I PRAY FOR HIS
FAMILY. AND WE SHARE THEIR GRIEF.
AS ALL OF YOU NO. WE ALL.
HAVE OUR IDEAS AND OUR
CONSULTANTS HAVE BEARS.
AND WE ALTHOUGH.
THAT WE HAVE THE BEST DAYS AND
THE WORST DAYS.
OF THE BEGINNING OF THESE
POLITICAL CAREERS TOGETHER.
BUT IF THE END OF THE TIME WHEN
THE JUDGMENT IS UP.
I HAVE TO SAY.
UNFORTUNATELY I WAS WRONG AND HE
WAS RIGHT MORE OFTEN.
AND LOOKING BACK.
HE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO SEE ME
RISING ON HIS BEHALF TODAY.
BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS THE ONE
THAT SAID TO ME.
WHY NOT?
BECAUSE I ALWAYS HAD A REASON
WHY COULDN'T DO SOMETHING
POLITICAL I DIDN'T WANT TO DO
SOMETHING POLITICAL.
BECAUSE HE SAW A WORLD.
BUT THE REST OF US COULD HARDLY
SEE.
HE HAD VISIONS AND HE WORKED
EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE THEM
COME TRUE.
AGREE WITH HIM OR DISAGREE WITH
HIM.
HE DIDN'T PASSION AND COMMITMENT.
AND THAT'S WHY.
IT WAS SO DIFFICULT.
SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME WITH
HIM.
AT ANY ONE MOMENT.
I HAVE TO SAY THOUGH THAT IN THE
END.
HE WAS A MAN OF ACTION AND
GENIUS WHO ENABLED OTHERS
INCLUDING ME.
TO WALK IN THE FOUNDING FATHERS
FOOTSTEPS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING IN MEMORY.
ACROSS ALL THE I'LL TODAY.
THANK YOU SENATOR FULLER PLEASE
SEND OUR.
PEOPLE'S CONDOLENCES TO THE
FAMILY.
SENATOR MORLOCK. O. SENATORS AND
ON THIS ITEM.
SENATE OF IS PRESENT ON THIS.
THIS ADJOURNMENT MEMORY FOR MARK
ABERNATHY.
I KNEW HIM BACK IN THOSE
NINETEEN SEVENTY TWO DAYS WHEN
HE WAS STARTING TO GET ACTIVE IN
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SACRAMENTO
COUNTY.
HIS BROTHER MIKE.
NEVER DID QUITE MAKE IT BUT HE
RENTS VERY SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGNS
TO OPEN.
IN THIS AREA.
AND IN FACT.
THERE WERE THREE OF US.
MYSELF.
FEDERER LITTLE AND JI ASSEMBLY
WOMAN GENIE MORE HEAD.
WHO WON DEMOCRATIC SEATS HEAVILY
DEMOCRATIC SEATS?
AROUND THAT TIME JUST A LITTLE
LATER.
HEADLINE IN ONE OF THE
NEWSPAPERS ARE SACRAMENTO WAS
NOT DEMOCRATIC ANYMORE.
SO FOR THOSE BRIEF YEARS WE DID
HAVE A BREAKTHROUGH.
AND MARK.
WAS ONE OF TOP POLITICAL MINDS
IN CALIFORNIA.
RESPECTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE.
THOSE WHO HE OPPOSED IN.
STRATEGIZE AGAINST.
HAD TO RESPECT HIM.
FOR IS WISDOM.
HIS INSIGHT.
AND IS FORWARD THINKING.
AND E DID HELP CHANGE THINGS
WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. IN
CALIFORNIA.
FOR THE BETTER.
I KNEW KATHY O WAIT BEFORE THEY
WERE MARRIED.
THEY KEPT THEIR LOVE KIND OF
SECRET FOR AWHILE. THEY DIDN'T
WANT US THOSE OF US CLOSEST TO
KNOW. HOW CLOSE THEY REALLY WORK?
UNTIL THEY ANNOUNCED.
THEIR MARRIAGE.
WE WERE ALL VERY HAPPY.
ALTHOUGH MARK COULD MOVE SOUTH
AND.
ESTABLISHED HIS POLITICAL FUTURE
INNOVATION OF CENTRAL VALLEY.
WE ALWAYS REMAIN FRIENDS WE
ALWAYS REMAINED IN TOUCH.
AND I WILL SAY THOUGH HE WAS A
PARTISAN.
IT WAS A PARTITION WITH THE
HEART.
IN THE MIND.
AND A PASSION.
THE PRAYERS GO OUT TO. KATHY NOW
IN HER TIME OF GRIEVING.
AND I'M SURE THAT MIKE AND MARK.
TOOK ABORTING TOGETHER AGAIN.
AND I DID KNOW HIS FATHER.
THE OLD HARD SCRABBLE MIDWESTERN
FARMERS.
WHOSE HAND SWALLOWED UP MINE AND
I THINK IT GOT PRETTY BIG HANDS
BUT I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I.
SHOOK HIS HAND.
I COULD NOT FIND BY HAND
THAT.
THE CORN FARMER FROM THE MIDDLE
WEST.
AND ONE THING I CAN SAY ABOUT
THE ABERNATHY THEY DID NOT EVER
LOSE
NOTWITHSTANDING THE.
DIFFICULTIES OF POLITICAL LIFE.
THEY DIDN'T EVER STRAY TOO FAR.
FROM THOSE
IOWA CORN FAMILY.
LAND OF THE EARTH VALUES
WE WILL MISS MARK ABERNATHY.
THANK YOU SENATOR WELCOME THE
SENATE.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT TO
ONE AT TO WANNA STAND AN INTERN
IN MEMORY OF MARK ABERNATHY I
FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT I WOULD NOT
BE STANDING HERE TODAY. IF IT
WASN'T FOR.
HIS MENTORSHIP LET ME.
I MET HIM VERY YOUNG I CUT MY
TEETH IN THE BILL THOMAS SO
ORGANIZATION BACK IN.
NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE AND
FORWARD. AND.
ALMOST EVERYTHING I LEARNED I
LEARNED FROM A CONGRESSMAN
THOMAS IN AND KATHY ABERNATHY
WAS IN SWATCH AND. AND MARK
ABERNATHY.
AND.
NATALIE INNOVATIVE BUT
INCREDIBLY HARD HARD WORKER
EXPECTED EVERYBODY JUST TO WORK
CAR AND AS HARD. REMEMBER
NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO.
I WAS THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER
PRAYING DUTCHER WHO IS RUNNING
ITS WALTER STERN WHO WAS THE
DEAN OF THE STATE SENATE THE
TIME. HE'D BEEN IN OFFICE LONGER
THAN I'VE BEEN ALIVE.
AND THE REQUIREMENT WAS THAT
EITHER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK I DID
HAVE TO COME IN UNTIL NOON ON
SUNDAYS BUT I WAS EXPECTING TO
BE THERE. AND IT'S IN JULY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON NOTHING GOING
ON I'M GOING. I'M GONNA GO PLAY
DONKEY KONG AT THE ARCADE THAT
PUT THE PHONES ON HOLD GO ME MY
FRIENDS AFFECTED MCJOB OBEY HIS
MIGHT NOW MY FUND RAISER.
THE PLAY DONKEY KONG TEAM BACKED
AND HE'S SITTING THERE IN THE
CAR WAITING FOR ME TO GET BACK
SO.
WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT I WAS
SO SCARED.
AND THEN JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF
TRIVIA I DIDN'T MEET HER THAT
DAY BUT MY WIFE WHOM I MET TWO
YEARS LATER IN TWO YEARS LATER
NINETEEN EIGHTY THREE WAS THERE
AT THE WEDDING ARE. MY WIFE IF
SHE KNOWS ARMENIAN VANESSA FULLY
AND KATHY SWATCH AND SO HER
PARENTS AND MY IN LAWS WERE VERY
GOOD FRIENDS SO WE'RE BOTH AT
THE WEDDING BUT I'D I DIDN'T GET
TO MEET HER THERE ABOUT SO NO
WEDDING CRASHER STORY FOR YOU
HAVE.
BUT.
AGAIN JUST A PHENOMENAL PERSON
DISTINCT AND INCREDIBLE PASSION
AND A PURPOSE FOR HIS LIFE. GREAT FAMILY MAN AND SO MY
HEART GOES OUT TO TELL YOU KNOW
KATHY IN THE GIRLS AND EVERYBODY
HE NEWMAN AGAIN AND I THINK YOU
IN ADVANCE FOR TURNING IN THE
MEMORY MARK ABERNATHY.
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER CENTERS NOT SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM FINANCING TOMORROW.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT I'D
LIKE TO ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF.
NOR JUNE.
JORGENSEN WHO IS SORT OF THE
GROUND DOM OF.
NEWPORT BEACH SHE'S SAID NOTED
AS A PROMINENT MEMBER.
OF NEWPORT BEACH SOCIETY.
AND A KEY SUPPORTER OF THE
COMMUNITY. PASSED AWAY
PEACEFULLY.
IN HER HOME SATURDAY JANUARY
TWENTY SEVENTH WAS BORN IN
NINETEEN TWENTY SEVEN AND. I
JUST CELEBRATED HER NINETIETH
BIRTHDAY LAST JUNE.
HE WAS A SIXTY YEAR RESIDENT OF
NEWPORT.
AND DEVOTED HERSELF TO VIRTUALLY
ALL OF THE CHARITABLE AND
CULTURAL CAUSES.
THAT IN WHICH THE CITY DURING
HER LIFETIME.
HE WAS A GIFTED VOCALIST SHE
ATTENDED ST MARY'S COLLEGE WERE
SHE. DEVELOPED HER MUSICAL
SKILLS
WHICH BECAME WELL KNOWN IN
NEWPORT SHE WOULD OFTEN CONCLUDE
HER ROLE IN ANY EVENT.
BY LAUNCHING INTO A BEAUTIFUL
AND PATRIOTIC RENDITION OF GOD
BLESS AMERICA.
SHORTLY AFTER MOVING TO NEW PORT.
NORA MET ALFRED VINCENT
JORGENSEN ALSO KNOWN AS BEEN
THAT'S HOW I NEWMAN WE WERE
TOGETHER. IN ROTARY.
WHO WAS THEN PRESIDENT OF MARINE
HARDWARE COMPANY AN BALBOA
MARINE HARDWARE COMPANY AN
IMPORTANT LEADER IN THE
DEVELOPING? NEWPORT BEACH
COMMUNITY AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE
IN NINETEEN SIXTY BEEN AND NORA.
DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO HOLD
HOSPITAL WHERE MY DAUGHTER WAS
BORN.
THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO AND MY.
NEXT GRANDSON WILL BE BORN IN A
COUPLE MONTHS.
WHERE VENN WAS AN ORIGINAL BOARD
MEMBER AND CHAIRMAN AND NOR
PLAYED MANY ROLES INCLUDING
NAMING THE CHRISTMAS CAROL BELL
BALL? WHERE SHE SAID THE
BLESSING EVERY YEAR FOR FORTY
NINE YEARS? JUST THIS PAST
CHRISTMAS NORA WAS HONORED FOR
HER FIFTY YEARS THE PATRONAGE.
OF THE HOSPITAL INCLUDING THE
HOGUE HARDBOARD. HOAX CANCER
CENTER DONOR RECOGNITION
COMMITTEE AND DANCE ALLIANCE.
JUST WANNA ADJOURNED IN MEMORY
OF NORA AND HER FIGHT
CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY OF
ORANGE COUNTY THANK YOU MISTER
PRESIDENT THANK YOU SIR MORE ARE
PLEASE SEND HER FAMILY OUR
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND BEING ON
A FORWARD. SO THAT WE MAY
PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED CENTER
BRADFORD.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT I
APOLOGIZE I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE
TO OUR EARLY ADJOURNMENT THAT OF
OUR RAMONA COSTA. CONSUELO ON
NOT UNTIL MICE A COLLEAGUE FROM
WAS SO I WAS SPEAKING THAT I
REALIZE WHO IN FACT THAT WAS.
ON THIS IS A WOMAN WHO IS
SYNONYMOUS.
WITH THE CITY OF GARDENA A WAR
I GREW UP. IT WAS TWO THINGS YOU
KNOW ABOUT GUARDINO IN THE
SIXTIES SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES
AND EVEN TODAY WAS OUR CARD
ROOMS. AEROMONAS MEXICAN FOOD.
ARE PEOPLE CAME FROM ALL OVER
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HER
CORPORATE OFFICES IN WALKING
DISTANCE FROM MY HOUSE.
BUT MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF THIS
WOMAN WAS AS A. MIDDLE SCHOOLER
AND THE ROOM AROUND GUARDINO
WHICH WAS EVEN THOUGH.
ONE SIN FLOORS PRETTY MUCH A
DEMOCRATIC CITY.
TWO THINGS AND NOTHING WE WERE
PROUD OF WAS RAMONA BEING A
APPOINT P. TO.
THEN PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON IT
WAS A BADGE OF PRIDE.
ESPECIALLY FOR.
THE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THAT
COMMUNITIES SO. I JUST WANT TO.
RAW AT MY VOICE TO A WOMAN WHO
HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.
LEGACY ON ME AS A CITY COUNCIL
PERSON THE CITY OF GUARDIAN I
WAS HONOR TO. ME ARE NUMEROUS
OCCASIONS BUT INDIVIDUAL WHO.
WALKED THE WALK OUR LEGACY CAME
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.
AND BUILT EIGHT A REAL A GIANT
OF A.
MEXICAN FOOD I INDUSTRY I HURT
HER TIAS DURING ALMOST EVERY
MAJOR GROCERY STORE ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY SHE
HAS RESTAURANTS AND THE
RESTAURANT. LA AGAIN WALKING
DISTANCE FROM MY HOUSE IT'S BUSY
EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK SO. I
APPRECIATE HER SERVICE HER AT
NOT ONLY TO THE MEDIA COMMUNITY
BUT TO UNITED STATES AS WELL AND
I AND MY VOICE IN ADJOURNMENT
THANK.
THANK YOU CENTER BRADFORD.
MEMBERS OF THEIR ANY ADDITIONAL
ADJOURN MEMORIES.
IF NOT WE'LL GO OUT CENTER WILL.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT
MEMBERS I RISE TODAY TO REMEMBER
AND HONOR THE LIFE TO SPECIALIST
EVEN EDWARD KALI US ARMY. AND
HIS BROTHER MAJOR ALLEN KALI U.
S. ARMY RESERVE.
BORN INTO A FAMILY WITH A PROUD
TRADITION OF MILITARY SERVICE
AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP. THE
HONORABLY SERVED OUR COUNTRY AS
DID THEIR FATHER EDWARD KALI
RETIRED US AIRFORCE CHAPLAIN WHO
ALSO SERVED IN THE US ARMY.
YET OUR NATION TRAGICALLY FELL
THESE PATRIOTS IN THEIR DEEPEST
OUR CINDY.
BOTH OF THESE BROTHERS SUFFERING
FROM POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER TOOK THEIR OWN LIVES.
STEVEN IN TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN
AND ALLEN IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN.
THE SAD REALITY IS THIS STRATEGY
IS NOT LIMITED TO A SMALL
PERCENTAGE OF SERVICE MEN OR
WOMEN.
APPROXIMATELY TWENTY VETERANS
COMMIT SUICIDE EVERY DAY A
STARLING FOURTEEN THOSE TWENTY
SUICIDES ARE NOT EVEN UNDER VA
CARE.
SPECIALIST SEAT AT STEVEN COLLIE
ENLISTED IN THE U. S. ARMY ON
THE NINETEENTH OF JUNE TWO
THOUSAND AND THREE SHORTLY AFTER
HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
HE SERVED DURING OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM WITH THE ARMY'S FOURTH
INFANTRY DIVISION IN IRAQ WHERE
HE.
WHERE HE DEPLOYED WITHIN DAYS OF
HIS OLDER BROTHER ALLEN COLLIE
WHO WAS STATIONED IN COUNTRY AS
WELL?
STEVEN WAS AN EXCELLENT LEADER
COMMITTED TO A CAREER IN THE
MILITARY WERE HIT DISTINCTION
DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS A
HELICOPTER MECHANIC.
WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY IS
STATIONED AT FORT HOOD TEXAS
TWENTY TWO YEAR OLD STEVEN AND
HONORABLE AND COURAGEOUS SOLDIER.
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
SPECIALIST CALLING IT'S BEEN
TWENTY FOUR HOURS ON SUICIDE
WATCH WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY A
FACT THAT WAS NOT FORWARDED TO
HIS COMMANDING OFFICER WHEN HE
RETURNED TO THE U. S.. WHERE HE
WAS ONCE AGAIN POSTED ACTIVE
DUTY STEVEN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE
THE DAY AFTER ACKNOWLEDGING
DURING AN ARMY LED MENTAL HEALTH
SCREENING THAT HE WAS SUFFERING
FROM? PTSD DEPRESSION AND
SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.
AT THE TIME STEVEN CALL HE LEFT
BEHIND HIS WIFE LAURA BROWN HIS
PARENTS AND KATHY COLLIE IS WELL
AS HIS SIBLINGS MELISSA CAROLYN
JAMES MATTHEW AND ALAN.
THE DEVASTATING REPERCUSSIONS OF
PTSD AND DEPRESSION EXTEND WELL
BEYOND OUR SOLDIERS IMPACTING
THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES.
HAS A WAY TO HONOR THE MEMORY
SERVICE OF THEIR SON KATHY INET
COLLIE HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES
TO RAISING AWARENESS OF PTSD AND
THE. VERY REAL MENTAL HEALTH.
NEEDS OF OUR SOLDIERS.
THE COLLEGE HAVE WORK TO CALL.
TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR LEADERS
WITH THE ARMED SERVICES
CONGRESSES IN STATE HOUSES.
TO THE PERVASIVENESS OF PTSD
DEPRESSION SUICIDE AS WELL AS A
REAL COMPELLING NEED FOR MENTAL
HEALTH DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES.
IN A HEARTBREAKING TURN EVENTS
THE COLLIES WERE COULD NOT
PREVENT A SECOND DEVASTATING
LOSS TO THEIR FAMILY THEIR OLDER
SON MAJOR ALLEN KALI. U. S. ARMY
RESERVE TICKET'S OWN LIFE ON
SEPTEMBER EVENTH TWENTY
SEVENTEEN. NEVER RECOVERING FROM
THE GRIEF AND DEEP SENSE OF LOSS
AFTER HIS BROTHER SUICIDE ALLEN
COMMITTED SUICIDE JUST WEEKS
REPORTS THIRTY NINTH BIRTHDAY
LEAVING BEHIND HIS WIFE MARCELLA.
TO CHERRY STODDARD'S HIS PARENTS
AND SIBLINGS.
LIKE HIS BROTHER MAJOR ALLEN
KALI SERVED HONORABLY IN OUR
MILITARY HE WAS A GRADUATE OF
CORNELL UNIVERSITY WHERE HE
PARTICIPATED IN ROTC.
DEPLOYED IN IRAQ DURING
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM HE
SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY AT THE
RANK OF LIEUTENANT WITH THE ARMY
HEADQUARTERS.
THREE HUNDRED NINETY FOURTH AG
COMPANY.
HE LATER US SERVED IN. DJIBOUTI
AS AN ARMY TEAM LEADER FOR CIVIL
AFFAIRS TEAM IN A TWO THOUSAND
TEN BEGAN A LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH
THE U. S. ARMY RESERVE FOUR ONE
ONE CIVIL AFFAIRS. BATTALION
DELTA COMPANY AS COMPANY
COMMANDER THROUGHOUT HIS
MILITARY CAREER HE DISTINGUISHED
HIMSELF AS A LEADER. AND WAS
AWARDED THAT AWARD THE MENTOR AT
MET AND MATURE HIS.
S..
SERVICE MEDAL.
MAJOR CAR CARLY HONOR WE FILLED
HIS MILITARY DUTIES WHILE
STUDYING LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY
MISSION MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL HE
WENT ON TO SERVICE A JUDICIAL
INTERN IN THE U. S. DISTRICT
COURT. FOR THE DISTRICT OF
CONNECTICUT EVENTUALLY RECEIVING
HIS JURIS DOCTOR* LAUDE FROM
MICHIGAN LAW WAS ADMITTED TO THE
STATE BAR TEXAS AND BEGAN HIS
PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
TODAY WE PAUSE TO REMEMBER THESE
PATRIOTS TO HONOR THE SERVICE
GIVEN AND CELEBRATE THEIR LIVES.
BUT WE ALSO STOP TO CONSIDER
REFLECT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS FACING OUR VETERAN
COMMUNITY. WHILE ALL SUICIDES
ARE TRAGIC VETERAN SU SITES ARE
PARTICULARLY TROUBLESOME AS IN
THE CASE OF THE CALI BROTHERS
THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE HONOR WE SERVED OUR
NATION BUT OUR NATION DID NOT
HONOR BILLY SERVE THEM IN THEIR
HOUR OF NEED.
FROM TWO THOUSAND ONE TO TWO
THOUSAND FOURTEEN THE SUICIDE
RATE AMONG ALL VETERANS
INCREASED BY THIRTY ONE PERCENT.
AMONG WHAT. AMONG WAY I WOMEN
VETERANS IS PARTICULARLY
ALARMING ACCORDING TO NEWLY
RELEASED ASSISTANCE FROM THE US
DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS
THE FEMALE VETERAN SU SAID RATE
IS TWO HUNDRED FIFTY PERCENT
HIGHER. THAN THAT FOR NON
VETERAN FEMALES.
MANY WOMEN WHO SEE ACTIVE DUTY
ARE CHANGED AND THEY RETURNED TO
THE LOVE ONE SUFFERING INJURED
OR ILL. YET THEY ARE OFTEN
REDEPLOYED INSTEAD OF RECEIVING
MUCH NEEDED CARE.
ON JANUARY NINTH PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO
PROVIDE MORE BENEFITS TO SERVICE
MEMBERS MEMBERS TRANSITIONING
FROM THE MILITARY. TO CIVILIAN
LIFE IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE
VETERAN SUICIDE.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP BUT
MAKE NO MISTAKE IT'S ONLY A
FIRST STEP.
AS A NATION WE WE MUST TAKE CARE
FOR VETERANS ENSURING MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES ARE READILY
AVAILABLE ACKNOWLEDGING THE
PROBLEMS OF DEPRESSION THE PST.
AMONGST OUR TROOPS AND
ADDRESSING THEM QUICKLY OR THE
LEAST WE CAN DO TO HONOR THE
SACRIFICES THEY AND THEIR
FAMILIES HAVE MADE.
DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR A
VETERAN COMMUNITY IS AN
EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION FOR
THE HONORABLE AND FAITHFUL
SERVICE RENDERED BY THESE MEN
AND WOMEN. OUR NATION OWES MEN
LIKE STEVEN AND ALAN CALLING
THEIR FAMILIES THIS AND SO MUCH
MORE THANK YOU FOR ADJOURNING IN
MEMORY OF THE CALI BROTHERS.
THANK YOU SENATOR WELL PLEASE.
SEND OUR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR
SERVICE TO THEIR FAMILY AND
PLEASE BRING THEIR NAME FORWARD
THEM IMPROPERLY MEMORIALIZED.
MEMBERS AND SENATOR ALLEN.
MEMBERS I WAS WAITING GUIDE TO
DO THIS JOURNEY MEMORY. FOR
LATER BUT I DECIDED TO DO IT
TODAY BECAUSE OF US CENTER WORKS.
I'VE REALLY PROFOUND STATEMENT
ABOUT.
THE ISSUE SUICIDE THEIR MILITARY.
.
ONE OF MY. FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE
HER HUSBAND AN EXTRAORDINARILY
DISTINGUISHED. MEMBER OF OUR
MILITARY AND A FORMER WHITE
HOUSE FELLOW.
TOOK HIS LIFE.
JUST LAST NIGHT NOVEMBER
FIFTEENTH AND I JUST WANNA TAKE
A MOMENT TO PASS AT THIS HOUSE
ADJOURNED IN THE MEMORY OF
SPENCER ABIT.
HE RESERVE A CAPTAIN IN THE U.
S. NAVY. AYE HE WAS BORN.
IN CLEVELAND OHIO ON APRIL
EIGHTEENTH NINETEEN SEVENTY
THREE YEARS YELL THE SENATE
ADMIRAL CHARLES STEVENSON ABIT.
US NAVY RETIRED MARJORIE SELLERS
OUT IT.
IS A FOURTH GENERATION NAVAL
OFFICER YOU GRADUATE FROM
HAMPTON ROADS ACADEMY NINETEEN
NINETY ONE OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
IN NINETEEN NINETY FIVE WHERE HE
SERVICE BRIGADE COMMANDER AND
PLEAD SUMMER REGIMENTAL
COMMANDER. SUBSEQUENTLY EARNED A
MASTER'S DEGREE AND PHD IN
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES FROM THE
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND
DIPLOMACY AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY AN-EXECUTIVE MBA. TAKEN IN SPANISH
FROM THE INSTITUTO THEY EMPRESA
IN MADRID.
HE COMPLETED HIS NAVY FLIGHT
TRAINING IN TWO THOUSAND AND ASK
EIGHTEEN C. FLEET REPLACEMENT
SQUADRON TRAINING IN TWO
THOUSAND ONE RECEIVING AWARDS
FOR GRADUATING.
WITH THE HIGHEST GRADES OF THE
YEAR FOR BOTH PROGRAMS THEN
JOINED THE VFA FIFTEEN VALIANTS.
AND FLEW COMBAT MISSIONS AT THE
OUTSET OF OPERATION ENDURING
FREEDOM. IN AFGHANISTAN IN TWO
THOUSAND ONE OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM IN TWO THOUSAND AND
THREE JOINED THE VFA THIRTY
SEVEN REGION BALLS. FOR HIS
DEPARTMENT HAD TOUR AND
REFLECTED AMONG ALL NAVY PILOTS
FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ORDER
OF. FEELINGS DEBT DID ALIENS
EXCEPTIONAL PILOT AWARD FONG
COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAQ.
IN HIS LAST AVIATION TOUR
SPENCER SERVICE COMMANDING
OFFICER OF THE VFA TWENTY SEVEN
RULE MACES AND AT SUJI JAPAN
WHERE HIS CLUB AND EARNED THE
BATTLE YEAR AWARD. AS THE TOP
FAA EIGHTEEN YET SQUADRON FOR
THE PACIFIC FLEET.
OF TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
HE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY GUY WHO
WHOSE WORK WENT BEYOND.
I THE MILITARY. THAT HE WAS AYE
INTERAGENCY REPRESENTED FOR THE
US SOUTHERN COMMAND U. S. A D.
WORKS IN HAITI FOLLOWING COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.
IN TOKYO ON COORDINATOR WITH THE
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING
THE TSUNAMI. THAT HIT JAPAN IN
TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN HE WAS
SELECTED WITH THE EXTRAORDINARY
HONOR OF OF BECOMING A.
WHITE HOUSE FOLLOW IN TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN ONE OF THE MOST
HIGHLY PRESTIGIOUS FELLOWSHIPS
IN OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. ANY
SERVE TE STATE DEPARTMENT
WORKED ON ISSUES RELATING TO.
THE LATIN AMERICAN EAST ASIA
PACIFIC AND WORKED WITH THE
ASSISTANT A CHAIRMAN JOINT
CHIEFS OF STAFF UNTIL FALL TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
AS A SPECIAL ASSISTANT HIS
MILITARY AWARDS INCLUDE THE AIR
MEDAL MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL TO TWO
SEPARATE. IN THE COMMENDATION
MEDALS NUMEROUS OTHER PERSONAL
UNIT AWARDS. HE SURVIVED BY HIS
LOVING WIFE WHO I WENT TO
COLLEGE WITH THE WONDERFUL
PERSON MORE WINTER BABBITT THEIR
TWO BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ELOISE. AGE
FIVE GRACE EACH TO THEIR SIGN.
OUT IS DUE IN MARCH NEXT MONTH.
I LET ME JUST READ ONE
REMEMBRANCE FROM ONE OF HIS
FELLOWS I'M SARAH BLAKE FOOT
BEFORE THE FELLOWSHIP I DIDN'T
THINK I HAD EVER MET ANYONE LIKE
SPENCER HERE. SUCH A RARE
COMBINATION OF WIT AND LESS
ENERGY. KINDNESS SINCERITY
GRAYSON LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY I
REMEMBER HOW WE WOULD ALWAYS
MENTION LARA. AYE LOUISE ARE
GRACES HIS HIGH POINTS AT A
MONTHLY BUSINESS MEETINGS.
DURING ONE EXERCISE AS FOLLOWS
WE WERE PAIRED UP AND TOLD ME
OUR PARTNER ONE THING WE WANT TO
WORK ON THE BE A BETTER PERSON
SPENCER TOLD ME THAT HE WANTED
TO MAKE MORE TIME.
TO TAKE HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER
ELOISE TO THE PARK.
SURE ENOUGH THAT SATURDAY TEXAN
YOU PICTURE THE TWO OF THEM. AT
THE PARTY IN THE LITTLE ELOISE
WAS THIS HAPPIEST.
COULD BE I REMEMBER GOING THE
AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND SEEINGEVIL
AVIATION UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER THAT MY
ADMIRATION. FOR HIM WAS OFF THE
CHARTS I REMEMBER HIS PARENTS
WELCOMING ALL THE FELLOWS TO
THEIR HOME WHERE MY GIRLS.
HAD THE CHANCE TO GO TWO BEING
FOR THE FIRST TIME NOW MORE THAN
EVER THEY STILL ASK ME WHEN HIS
UNCLE SPENCER GONNA.
PULL PULL US BEHIND THE BOAT
AGAIN.
I NEVER THE SPENCER COULD NOT
TELL US SHORT STORY USED HIS
HANDS A LOT WHEN HE TALKED.
COULD KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE WHEN
TELLING A REALLY FUNNY JOKE AND
DID NOT MOVE HIS MOUTH TWENTY
LAST COME LIKE A VENTRILOQUIST
THAT MADE ME LAUGH EVEN HARDER.
OUR PATHS CROSSED FOR SUCH A
BRIEF TIME ILLNESS IN
TREMENDOUSLY. MY DISASTER THE
SENATE DURING HIS MEMORY.
THANK YOU SENATOR ALLEN PLEASE
THANK HIS FAMILY FOR HIS SERVICE
AND BRING HIS NAME FORWARD SO WE
ME PROPERLY MEMORIALIZE.
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MY.
DAUGHTER IN LAW LIVIA MY SON
BRIAN DELIVERED ARE SEVENTH
GRANDCHILD. LAST TUESDAY NIGHT.
A HEALTHY BOY SO WE'RE HAPPY
THAT'S FOR GIRLS THREE BOYS IT'S.
IT'S KIND EVEN THAT MAY BE A
LITTLE BIT WHEN HE.
THEY WAKE THANK YOU MISTER
PRESIDENT GRADUATIONS ARE DONE.
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